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our top story, we begin in egypt where polls in the critical presidential runoff election are set to close in about an hour for today. they will reopen tomorrow. millions of egyptians have been casting their ballots all day in a country that is an important, even crucial ally to the u.s. the difference between the candidates couldn't be more extreme. egyptians are choosing between with a conservative islamist or a former member of hosni mubarak's ousted regime. they're following the egyptian vote in cairo. ivan what has it been like there. have people been coming out in large numbers to cast their ballots? >> reporter: there's a steady stream of people here in this women's polling station, fredericka, and as you mentioned, the choice is pretty dramatic and it's between a former air force general and it was a member of hosni mubarak's parliament, the hand-picked prime minister shafik and the candidate from the muslim brotherhood, mohammed morsi and this is taking place at a time of significant political turmoil because just a few days ago a supreme court here ordered that the recently
our top story, we begin in egypt where polls in the critical presidential runoff election are set to close in about an hour for today. they will reopen tomorrow. millions of egyptians have been casting their ballots all day in a country that is an important, even crucial ally to the u.s. the difference between the candidates couldn't be more extreme. egyptians are choosing between with a conservative islamist or a former member of hosni mubarak's ousted regime. they're following the egyptian...
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when it comes to egypt, the first strike that took place in egypt, the general strike, was in april 2008, and the young egyptian activists were supporting it online, so first, in united a lot of egyptians, and this has a very strong impact. when people are scared and have this fear, speaking up even online is something that would definitely help, and the second is that it is such a great collaboration tool. to know the feedback of thousands of people, days, not months to get this done. it can be a matter of a few minutes, so that was before the revolution. it started on the 14th online. it was taken by many people. the january 25 protest happened on the streets, and i say that because people kept sharing and commenting about the regime, we still would have had the regime -- if they had not been doing that. a communication tool in the revolution. >> so what happens then? and i am going to jump around. what happens with this uprising when the government shuts down this access to social media? >> they started shutting down the access to social media, and then they ended up shutting down the
when it comes to egypt, the first strike that took place in egypt, the general strike, was in april 2008, and the young egyptian activists were supporting it online, so first, in united a lot of egyptians, and this has a very strong impact. when people are scared and have this fear, speaking up even online is something that would definitely help, and the second is that it is such a great collaboration tool. to know the feedback of thousands of people, days, not months to get this done. it can...
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then there was this just last week in egypt. this soccer match erupted into sheer mayhem, killed nearly 80 fans, thousands injured. cla clashes spread across egypt and lasted for days. the rise of violence is a sign that hope from the arab spring is withering or spoiling. this is an egyptian blogger who is here in atlanta for an egyptian forum. thank you. >> thank you. >> i wanted to just begin with the images from that soccer match in egypt. and you sit here with a bracelet with january 25 on your hand. when we see images like this, the sheer violence. this wasn't just about soccer, was it? >> unfortunately, violence has been going on all over the country for a while now, and i believe it's somehow politically motivated to make it credible that a year ago, in his famous speech, he was trying to make a revolution, and he said it's either me or cape. i think he's still running things but behind the scenes. former members of the ngb, all the businessmen whose business was dependent on his politics, are now trying to up hold their
then there was this just last week in egypt. this soccer match erupted into sheer mayhem, killed nearly 80 fans, thousands injured. cla clashes spread across egypt and lasted for days. the rise of violence is a sign that hope from the arab spring is withering or spoiling. this is an egyptian blogger who is here in atlanta for an egyptian forum. thank you. >> thank you. >> i wanted to just begin with the images from that soccer match in egypt. and you sit here with a bracelet with...
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the people of egypt. the policy reflects the values of the u.s. and not just the interests. tavis: tell us what you were thinking about during those 11 days, having been arrested, blindfolded the entire time? the physical torture and others had to endure, but how much of this reprocessing during the 11 days? >> the hardest part no one knows where i am. i was taken out of the street, taken on the night of the 27th. i just did not know days were passing. i did not know anything that was going out, and interrogations ended after the third day, so i was waiting. and then the second hardest thing, at least you know where you are, but your family does not know where you are, and my wife was living in dubai, and my kids, i kept trying not to think about them because if i think about them, i would definitely get more broken two years and get more frustrated, which happened one time, because what is she telling them, and will i be able to see them again? this is what happened when they put me in the car and put my head down and covered my eyes, i was asking myself that. tavis: how di
the people of egypt. the policy reflects the values of the u.s. and not just the interests. tavis: tell us what you were thinking about during those 11 days, having been arrested, blindfolded the entire time? the physical torture and others had to endure, but how much of this reprocessing during the 11 days? >> the hardest part no one knows where i am. i was taken out of the street, taken on the night of the 27th. i just did not know days were passing. i did not know anything that was...
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the historic ties between egypt and gaza in particular and egypt ruled gaza for something like 19 years or so. so, of course, there is a sense of outrage in egypt and anyway, we should remember it was never good between egypt and israel even under mub abak, but what the israelis now miss is sulaiman and the vice president of mubarak. he was tied to israeli intelligence. what kind of proximity and that kind of affinity is gone and what you have in hamas now is the sense that there is an islamist wage in the region and they see the islamist government in tunisia and they look around and see turkey hovering over the region with an islamist government and they feel the wind is blowing their way. >> do you think it is blowing their way? >> not at all because in the end the hamas people would be fooling themselves and the palestinians would pay the price for this kind of folly because the arab world is not going to march to the tune of hamas. the saudi monarchy, if you listen to what's happening and what's coming out of saudi arabia, the only thing the saudi monarch said was we need the rule
the historic ties between egypt and gaza in particular and egypt ruled gaza for something like 19 years or so. so, of course, there is a sense of outrage in egypt and anyway, we should remember it was never good between egypt and israel even under mub abak, but what the israelis now miss is sulaiman and the vice president of mubarak. he was tied to israeli intelligence. what kind of proximity and that kind of affinity is gone and what you have in hamas now is the sense that there is an islamist...
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the egyptian press was saying egypt will never be the same. so we said great job you're on the road, go to the parliamentary elections and first round of the parliamentary elections occur and the brotherhood not surprisingly since mubarak destroyed the center, and it was the only vehicle for expressing dissent left, the muslim brotherhood started to do well. and mubarak got scared. and in the second part of that parliamentary election, they crashed down with a vengeance. and at that point, our effort to get mubarak to preside over a transition ended. it's not that we didn't keep talking about freedom and democracy that the president didn't keep making the case with mubarak, but we got in spades what dennis talked about, you don't understand our people, we tried your experiment, and it blew up in our face. it's a hard business and one of the challenges for the obama administration is for those regimes that have not had revolutions, the monarchies which as elliott spoke out, have legitimacy and are trying in their own way to reform. one of the c
the egyptian press was saying egypt will never be the same. so we said great job you're on the road, go to the parliamentary elections and first round of the parliamentary elections occur and the brotherhood not surprisingly since mubarak destroyed the center, and it was the only vehicle for expressing dissent left, the muslim brotherhood started to do well. and mubarak got scared. and in the second part of that parliamentary election, they crashed down with a vengeance. and at that point, our...
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and boils that break out on man and beast and all the land of egypt. >> thanks. next speaker. >> yes, i am born and raised in san francisco. i have been been back for a while. i am asking some probably questions. i didn't hear if you're allowed to get a response. for instance why can't citizens pull items from the consent agenda? in el dorado county in tal hoe citizens can pull and the amount of time is different than what you stated and i took the bus to get here and all the people who may have been spread out around the park -- i call it plaza park were kind of more angry than ever on turk street. they have no place to go when they can't go in the plaza. this skate board thing could be held somewhere else. and the lafayette line and when a park is a park you don't need to construct things and there are other parks happening. this is an example -- how do we call it? the construction mafia and we have $5 million to do this. we want to do this and you're tearing out trees and i applaud the people opposing this. and stand up and keep trees where they are. don't cut
and boils that break out on man and beast and all the land of egypt. >> thanks. next speaker. >> yes, i am born and raised in san francisco. i have been been back for a while. i am asking some probably questions. i didn't hear if you're allowed to get a response. for instance why can't citizens pull items from the consent agenda? in el dorado county in tal hoe citizens can pull and the amount of time is different than what you stated and i took the bus to get here and all the people...
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. >> egypt made history today, you're seeing mohammed morsei, that ended hosni mubarak's 30-year reign. security was tight at this swearing in and in his first speech as president morsi says he wants both complete freedom and, quote, a true democracy for egypt. >>> meantime, witnesses in timbuktu mall say militants, islamic militants have destroyed sacred muslim tombs. islamist fighters set fire to the tombs saying saints shouldn't be worshipped. the united nations designated the shrines an endangered world heritage site. the shrines were built in the 15th century. joining me on the phone is host katrina horshe and you're not in timbuktu because of the security threats. give me a sense of what you're hearing. this is timbuktu, this is a famous, famous destination and everyone in the world knows about this. history being literally destroyed here. what can you tell us, katarina. today a world heritage site and the historic mosques have mausoleums, that are according to the unesco world heritage site and today the shrines were destroyed by a hard line, religious group. as i understand, th
. >> egypt made history today, you're seeing mohammed morsei, that ended hosni mubarak's 30-year reign. security was tight at this swearing in and in his first speech as president morsi says he wants both complete freedom and, quote, a true democracy for egypt. >>> meantime, witnesses in timbuktu mall say militants, islamic militants have destroyed sacred muslim tombs. islamist fighters set fire to the tombs saying saints shouldn't be worshipped. the united nations designated the...
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poor killings are reported in egypt after two days of clashes left more than seventy dead in your forty's for the saudis doing enough the protesters are also calling on the ruling military council to relinquish power. the father of a murdered woman that's being for sonic's on the looking into it says he regrets accusing a criminal for putting out his son's death to meet with me to get the story firsthand . remote entries expose the subject of hobbies from little train sets to martial arts. subject. but. also known as. a party game that was created. in eighty six as a kind of. and very. ex-pats. quite complicated the rules of this play is. one of two roles. who know each other and people as. it continues until all of. the townspeople. me. and team building exercise. it also represents the cultural and. well. first of all to. chess russia has many connections with. dozens of players to become world champions maybe some of the. future champions to. a profession. stress. related activity such as. the place. groups. tell you something about. curling is a fascinating game it's entertaining and
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egypt has an interesting history, look at the judiciary back to the 1920s. over time this developed of seam ambulance of independence, they allowed them to come in and take over, the islamists. whether the lawyers, the doctors, it was the muslim brother willhood too came to doe and this was okay from mubarak's standpoint. this is the way he lived and let live and gave them a kind of outlet. why the same token, anybody who was under the rubrics of secular liberal no possibility of emerging. no tolerance for them. so you look at what happened. basically, we're in a situation where you had one place that was seen as being completely authentic and off limits. precisely because the regime didn't have legitimacy, which was the mosque. and in the mosque, you had freedom of speech. so people in the mosque would stand up and athings. you can imagine. you come to the mosque, you see people who stand up an they're not giving in. and all -- they knew how to play on anger that people felt and the fact that they didn't van alternative outlit. here was the mosque where you
egypt has an interesting history, look at the judiciary back to the 1920s. over time this developed of seam ambulance of independence, they allowed them to come in and take over, the islamists. whether the lawyers, the doctors, it was the muslim brother willhood too came to doe and this was okay from mubarak's standpoint. this is the way he lived and let live and gave them a kind of outlet. why the same token, anybody who was under the rubrics of secular liberal no possibility of emerging. no...
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. >>> two americans are being held captive in egypt. the kidnapper is threatening to take more most damages if demands are not met. >> reporter: security is tight in egypt's sinai peninsula after two americans and their tour guide was kidnapped. the two were part of a church mission visiting biblical sites in israel and egypt when their tour bus was ambushed. the hostage taker told the associated press he wanted to exchange the two for his uncle, who is in prison. lewis' family in boston is confident he will be released, but they are concerned about his death health. >> he is diabetic, and the longer they hold him, i want to assume that it's not going to work in his favor. >> reporter: alfons a's friend describes her as a caring mother. >> she's a great mom and a great person. i can't believe this. >> reporter: abumasu told the ap more people from oregon countries will be abducted. secretary of state hillary clinton in egypt to meet the new president did not address the kidnappings. the u.s. embassy says it's working with the egyptian a
. >>> two americans are being held captive in egypt. the kidnapper is threatening to take more most damages if demands are not met. >> reporter: security is tight in egypt's sinai peninsula after two americans and their tour guide was kidnapped. the two were part of a church mission visiting biblical sites in israel and egypt when their tour bus was ambushed. the hostage taker told the associated press he wanted to exchange the two for his uncle, who is in prison. lewis' family...
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. >>> developing in egypt, the final day of voting in their presidential election. the winner is expected to be announced in the next few days. >> reporter: fathers brought sons to vote in egypt's first attempt at democracy. >> i bring my son with me to know how to bring his voice to whom he wants. >> reporter: the idea of a free and fair election has taken a lot of work. the privacy screens where people vote still have the shipping labels on them. they've had to figure out how to design the ballist. illiteracy is to high, they have pictures of the candidate and party symbol and their name. 40% of the women here can't read or write. the other thing, they have to figure out how to design is ballot boxes. used to not matter who they voted for. now they'll have to figure out how to count all these and announce the results. >> before in the past, we were -- [inaudible] -- now he's waiting for our finger. >> reporter: in poorer neighborhoods, the muslim's brotherhood's machine turned out veiled women in the hot sun, a contrast to the wealthier cairo neighborhoods. >> who
. >>> developing in egypt, the final day of voting in their presidential election. the winner is expected to be announced in the next few days. >> reporter: fathers brought sons to vote in egypt's first attempt at democracy. >> i bring my son with me to know how to bring his voice to whom he wants. >> reporter: the idea of a free and fair election has taken a lot of work. the privacy screens where people vote still have the shipping labels on them. they've had to...
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. >>> another election we're following very closely today is underway right now in egypt. voters headed to the poll for a second day in a presidential runoff. turnout was lower than expected in some areas because of extreme heat. egyptians are choosing between an islamist candidate and the former right-hand man of ousted leader hosni mubarak but there are still questions about whether the military will actually relinquish power. >>> strong winds and high temperatures are expected to continue to fuel a wildfire in northern colorado. it's already destroyed almost 200 homes and scorched 55,000 acres. a u.s. agriculture secretary, tom vilsack, was in the area to talk about what is being done. >> over 140,000 man hours have already been dedicated to this fire. and so it will be some time before the fire is out, but our challenge now is to make sure that we do everything we can to contain its damage. >> the blaze has forced thousands of evacuations and left one person dead. >>> now back to the death of rodney king. he became a household name after he was beaten by los angeles po
. >>> another election we're following very closely today is underway right now in egypt. voters headed to the poll for a second day in a presidential runoff. turnout was lower than expected in some areas because of extreme heat. egyptians are choosing between an islamist candidate and the former right-hand man of ousted leader hosni mubarak but there are still questions about whether the military will actually relinquish power. >>> strong winds and high temperatures are...
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. >> egypt. >> jon: and egypt. so how are things? (laughter) >> we've seen better days. >> jon: you run a constitutional monarchy. >> that's right. >> jon: in the middle of the largest democratic i don't want to say uprising but transition in your part of the world. what happens to you? how do you manage that without being deposed like some of these other countries have had to deal with? >> jordan is part of the arab spring also. but the arab spring means something different to every country. different countries are going through different paces. you know, i keep saying that whatever the middle east is going through is going to be something that will take five, ten, 15 years and each country is going to have its own unique experiment of this. the republics have gone through a much tougher version of this than the monarchies, funny enough. but i hope this is something we all look back five, ten, 15 years from now and say that arab spring is a good thing. and i believe it is. so we all have to change. but the pace and meaning will be d
. >> egypt. >> jon: and egypt. so how are things? (laughter) >> we've seen better days. >> jon: you run a constitutional monarchy. >> that's right. >> jon: in the middle of the largest democratic i don't want to say uprising but transition in your part of the world. what happens to you? how do you manage that without being deposed like some of these other countries have had to deal with? >> jordan is part of the arab spring also. but the arab spring...
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we've seen an attack on the israel embassy in egypt. we also have calls for -- we've seen calls for breaking the 30-year peace treaty that's been enjoyed between egypt and israel, and also in this last year, we saw elections take place in egypt, when 75% of the parliament is now controlled by either the muslim brotherhood or elements of solafists, islamist groups both hostile to the united states and with calls as well for implementing sharia law in egypt. and i wondered if you could comment particularly with director clapper you said to the committee a year ago that the muslim brotherhood was a secular organization. i just wondered, in light of some of those events in the last year, do you still stand by that statement that the muslim brotherhood is a secular organization? >> i did not make myself clear in that statement clearly, obviously, and that's a danger of sound bites and all that sort of thing. in a subsequent appearance for the ssci, i tried to clarify that. what i was referring to was, to that point, their behavior within the
we've seen an attack on the israel embassy in egypt. we also have calls for -- we've seen calls for breaking the 30-year peace treaty that's been enjoyed between egypt and israel, and also in this last year, we saw elections take place in egypt, when 75% of the parliament is now controlled by either the muslim brotherhood or elements of solafists, islamist groups both hostile to the united states and with calls as well for implementing sharia law in egypt. and i wondered if you could comment...
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egypt comes to mind. we have been a friend of mubarak's through six different presidents, and finally he deaths -- he gets toppled. talk to me about places like washington where one is trying to balance strategic needs with values and why so often the former bates of the latter. >> you framed it exactly right. there are many printed dresses, and foreign-policy is never exact. it is also about the immediate versus the future. when you are dealing with situations that are uncontrollable and combustible, you try to stabilize the situation as quickly as you can and work toward democratic reform. that works only if you continue to work toward democratic reform and keep pressure on the leaders of those countries as those countries become more secure and stable, but the other part is the reality and the immediacy of the immediate interest, let's take that first interest we have and put a priority on that. and we will deal with the rest of the interest as we have time. there is no perfect way to do this. in is ve
egypt comes to mind. we have been a friend of mubarak's through six different presidents, and finally he deaths -- he gets toppled. talk to me about places like washington where one is trying to balance strategic needs with values and why so often the former bates of the latter. >> you framed it exactly right. there are many printed dresses, and foreign-policy is never exact. it is also about the immediate versus the future. when you are dealing with situations that are uncontrollable and...
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. >> can you speak to egypt's role? there was word that egypt's prime minister -- egypt and israel have had this agreement and then in place for years. once mohammed morsi took over as the president, and he was for the muslim brotherhood, many started to question if you will honor that agreement. it is critical to peace in the middle east. your thoughts now that they are getting involved to some extent? >> first to welcome the peace agreement between israel and egypt is for the mutual interest. i think it is the bedrock of stability in this region. it is important that we really keep that in mind and any move on the egyptian side to try to help out in this situation would be looked upon favorably. but first and foremost responsibility for any government is its citizens. we cannot continue with a situation like that. hamas, in a sense, has turned from the whole region. they are really the enemies of peace and we should really try to work together to make sure that the military infrastructure is weekend to such a manner t
. >> can you speak to egypt's role? there was word that egypt's prime minister -- egypt and israel have had this agreement and then in place for years. once mohammed morsi took over as the president, and he was for the muslim brotherhood, many started to question if you will honor that agreement. it is critical to peace in the middle east. your thoughts now that they are getting involved to some extent? >> first to welcome the peace agreement between israel and egypt is for the...
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for killings are reported in egypt after two days of clashes left more than seventy percent for the authorities criticize through thousands of protesters are also calling on reading council to relinquish. exclusive as the father of. her songs on it says he regrets accusing the kremlin are carrying out some of their. we explore the subject over russian holidays from model train sets to martial arts well scott is up next fall. subject. but. also known as well. is a party game that was created in the. one nine hundred eighty six as a kind of. and very. even. ex-pats. although quite complicated the rules of this play is. one of two roles. who know each other and general people as. he continues until all of the mafia. the mafia outnumber the townspeople. for. me i'm sure. but it's a great team building exercise. it also represents the cultural and hobby seed in moscow well. first of all to. chess russia has many connections with. dozens of players to become world champions maybe some of the. future champions to. a profession. many hobbies all sports related activities such as football have a place b
for killings are reported in egypt after two days of clashes left more than seventy percent for the authorities criticize through thousands of protesters are also calling on reading council to relinquish. exclusive as the father of. her songs on it says he regrets accusing the kremlin are carrying out some of their. we explore the subject over russian holidays from model train sets to martial arts well scott is up next fall. subject. but. also known as well. is a party game that was created in...
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she has just returned from egypt. thank you for joining us. welcome back. >> thank you. >> how much are egyptians watching? >> there is enormous interest because he symbolizes the whole issue of the rebellion, achieving some sort of justice. the man who led egypt for 30 years is being held to account in the same kind of cell that many of those who opposed him went through. there are questions about whether there will be full justice or whether the trial is not read or some kind of agreement in advance. -- whether the trial is not rigged or some kind of agreement in advance. >> in your conversation with people, did you get a clear sense of whether the accord was plain deference to the former president or whether this is the comeuppance of a leader who was there for 40 years and was the post? >> this is a symbol of the way that the regime is being nice to hosni mubarak. his sons come on without handcuffs. they are saluted, including former security people who are saluted by those taking them into the courtroom. there is the sense that this is lo
she has just returned from egypt. thank you for joining us. welcome back. >> thank you. >> how much are egyptians watching? >> there is enormous interest because he symbolizes the whole issue of the rebellion, achieving some sort of justice. the man who led egypt for 30 years is being held to account in the same kind of cell that many of those who opposed him went through. there are questions about whether there will be full justice or whether the trial is not read or some...
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this is egypt's first democratic election. the army is still holding the reigns of power, so what difference will this election make for the country? >> reporter: well, it does in fact make a huge difference and all you have to do is look over this balcony. i was down there a lot today to see what a difference it does make. it is the first democratic, free presidential election in egypt's thousands of years of history. it is a big deal for people here. particularly as you mentioned, that the army still is in effective control and has actually executed a massive power grab in the last week or so where it dissolved parliament, basically put in it own interim constitution. this all has to be worked out. what will the president be able to do? the constitution say once they actually write one and what kind of powers will the democratically elected president have? but for the moment, the people of egypt are really very, very happy. we've spoken to so many of them who have said this is the first time we've been able to cast a vote th
this is egypt's first democratic election. the army is still holding the reigns of power, so what difference will this election make for the country? >> reporter: well, it does in fact make a huge difference and all you have to do is look over this balcony. i was down there a lot today to see what a difference it does make. it is the first democratic, free presidential election in egypt's thousands of years of history. it is a big deal for people here. particularly as you mentioned, that...
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well tell us what you think about the latest clashes in egypt at r.t. dot com they were asking you why commerce failed to return after egypt's revolution last year so far mostly believe it's because it's the same officials who were in power downs to president barack the running the country now a quarter of the continue on the rest is in the interest of radical groups some people said for the record to sit down it's like if you say the unrest continues because high unemployment persists those are the figures now you can help change that. dot com. you can see first hand those events on fold in cairo at r.t. dot com we're streaming the protests for you live on our web site there. now the u.n. is edging closer to a deal on syria with a new draft resolution softened to overcome russia's objections references to present us stepping down an arms embargo have been dropped from the revised text which is still pending approval from moscow continues to wall it will oppose any attempt even to into targeting the syrian regime parties and see churkin has more now fro
well tell us what you think about the latest clashes in egypt at r.t. dot com they were asking you why commerce failed to return after egypt's revolution last year so far mostly believe it's because it's the same officials who were in power downs to president barack the running the country now a quarter of the continue on the rest is in the interest of radical groups some people said for the record to sit down it's like if you say the unrest continues because high unemployment persists those...
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saudi arabian government, which is more oppressive to women, supporting the taliban, dictatorships in egypt and bahrain, all of this oppression, and the greatest threat to american security is the hypocrisy of the american politicians, and you cannot even called the hypocrisy of america, because americans do not know this is going on. they believe they are free, but if you look at all of the government's we support their, another one, pakistan, we support dictatorships, and if you look at the arab spring, where you have people protesting for democracy, protesting for freedom against government support. tavis: a wonder if whether or not you think that is a case that can be made to the american people. i am trying to just oppose the american patriotism, american exceptionalism, you know, with what you just said now, which is that our policy if not the american people, the american policy around the globe is often hypocritical, and i agree with you, but i wonder if you think the american people are going to buy that. how much hate mail are you and i going to receive? >> i think they will buy i
saudi arabian government, which is more oppressive to women, supporting the taliban, dictatorships in egypt and bahrain, all of this oppression, and the greatest threat to american security is the hypocrisy of the american politicians, and you cannot even called the hypocrisy of america, because americans do not know this is going on. they believe they are free, but if you look at all of the government's we support their, another one, pakistan, we support dictatorships, and if you look at the...